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Subject:Re: Not quite a backfire . . .
From:pdooley
Date:Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:44:53 -0400

How does this work?
How does the ECU know to shut fuel completely off when descending but yet
could add fuel in a split second to prevent stalling if say, you press the
clutch pedal in?
The idle switch cannot discern the difference between idling and coasting in
gear.
I really don't see how the AFM could perform this function either.
Somebody enlighten me.

<With no pressure on the gas pedal, the fuel is totally shut off, so the
engine is not firing on any cylinders.....